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3 Claims. (Cl. 15-229) This invention relates to mop construction andpertains more particularly to the construction of dry mop heads of thetype which are removably held in place on the handle by a metal memberrunning through Va pocket in the tape which holdsthe strands of the moptogether. This application is a continuation-in-part of my applicationSerial No. 436,319, led June 14, 1954, now abandoned.

Mops of the type to which this invention pertains consist in general ofa handle having a stiff open ended loop of wire attached there-to. Themop head consists of a number of strands of absorbent yarn held togetherby binding tape which is doubled on one side to form a pocket forreceiving the wire loop.

The object of this invention is to provide a mop head which can beplaced upon the wire in either direction so as to expose either surfaceof the group of strands to the outside, previous mop heads beingsuitable for placing on the mop in one way only. The chief advantages ofthe construction here disclosed are that the wear may be equalized onboth sides of the mop and that the mop may be reversed to expose a cleansurface for use and need not be washed as often as previous mop heads.

In the ydrawings illustrating the invention:

Fig. 1 is a reduced perspective view of the mop head in place on a mophandle;

Fig. 2 is a developed view of the mop head partially assembled;

Fig. 3 is a developed view of the completed mop head; Fig. 4 is across-section taken along line 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a cross-sectiontaken along line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a crosssection of the mop head assembled on the wire loop ofthe handle in position for use;

Fig. 7 is a view of the mop holder of Fig. 1 placed upside down the viewbeing taken along line 7-7 of Fig. 6, and with the mop head in processof application;

Fig. 8 is an upside down view, similar to Fig. 7, of a modified mopholder with the mop head in process of application;

Fig. 9 is a side view of the mop holder of Fig. 8 with the mop head inprocess of application; and

Fig. 10 is a crossasectionthrough one leg of the mop holder of Fig. 8,turned right side up, with the head in place ready for use.

As shown in Fig. 1, the assembled mop head 10 is mounted on a handle 11,which carries a wire frame 12 in the form of a triangular loop havingone open end. The mop head is made up of a number of strands ofabsorbent yarn 12, which are held together by a pair of tapes and 16. Asshown in Fig. 2, the tape 15 is first stitched across the front face ofthe assembled strands by a central line of stitching 14 in such a manneras to leave a short fringe 13a at the top. The tape 15 is long enough togo around the mop head three times and is doubled around the rear faceof the mop head to form a layer 15a. The remaining length of the tape isbrought .2,782,441 Patented Feb. 26, 1957 lCC around and laid over thefront face to form a layer 15b, this layer is stitched along the lines17 and 18 by stitching passing entirely through the assembled mop head,and, as seen in Fig. 5, forms a pocket 20 to receive the wire frame 12.

A second tape 16 is attached to the right hand end of the mop headassembly by a line of stitching 21 (Fig. 4) and is stitched along therear of the mop head by lines of stitching 24 and 25, to form a pocket19, the pockets 19 and 20 have oppositely disposed open ends 22 and 23,respectively. It is thus apparent that the mop head may be slipped overthe open end of the wire frame 12 with either face out, and in eithercase the frame 12 will be received in a pocket composed of two layers oftape, with the fringe 13a disposed upward. When the mop is assembled foruse, a portion of the short fringe 13a is folded over tucked down insidethe loop, as illustrated in Fig. 6, forming a compact pad in the middleof the mop head which is useful for retaining dirt picked up by thelonger outer fringe. In this case the pockets are disposed right side upon the loop and the unused pocket, and the part of the fringe confinedin the tape, lie to the outside and slightly upward on the mop holder.

The strands which lie toward the inside of the mop head ordinarily pickup the most dirt and receive the most Wear. Reversing the mop head fromtime to time almost doubles the life of the mop head, and reduces thefrequency of washing. The wear on the wire receiving pockets is alsodistributed. Furthermore, this construction produces a stronger, moredurable head, as the strands are bound together by live rows ofstitching.

ln the above description the mop head is described as applied to a mopholder in which the wire loop 12a has its free end at the right (asviewed in Fig. 1). Such a holder, when viewed from the bottom willappear as in Fig. 7. lt is sometimes more convenient to apply the mophead to the holder with the latter held upside down. This is especiallytrue when a holder such as that shown in Fig. 8 is used.

The wire loop 30 of Fig. 8 has its free end 30a at the left, the reverseof Fig. 7 in which the free end 12a of the holder is at the right. Themop head itself is held right side up, with the short fringe 13a upward,as shown in Fig. 9. The wire loop will thus enter into the pocket formedby the pieces of tape 15a and 16, through the opening 23. It will benoted that the holder of Fig. 7 would enter, through opening 22, intothe pocket formed by the pieces of tape 15 and 15b, if the mop head wereapplied in this manner.

When the mop head has been applied to the holder of Fig. 8, as justdescribed, the mop is turned right side up, and the longer fringe fallsdown around the outside, as illustrated in Fig. 10. Tape 16 will lie tothe inside of the loop with tape 15a, the confined part of the fringe,and the opposite pocket, all lying to the outside and slightly downward.Tape 16 is substantially in alignment with the short fringe 13a. Whenthe mop head is reversed and applied to the holder of Fig. 8 in the samemanner, a single piece of tape 15 will lie to the inside of the loop,with the fringe, and the pieces of tape forming the other pocketdisposed to the outside. It will be noted that all of the short fringeis disposed below loop 30 and the pockets are both, in effect, turnedupside down.

What is claimed is:

1. A reversible mop head, for a mop of the type ernploying as asupporting frame for the head a wire loop having one free end,comprising a plurality of mop strands arranged side by side to form aband having a front surface and a rear surface, two superposed layers oftape attached across said front surface along a line offset from thecenters of the strands so as to leave a short fringe on one side of thetape and a longer fringe on the other, said layers forming between lthem`a first pocket for receiving the loop, and two additional layers oftape attached across the rear surface of the band, the latter layersforming between them a second'pocket for receiving the loop, each ofsaid pockets having an open end forA admitting the loop and a closedend, and said open ends being disposed at opposite ends of the band andso located that, when the loop is received in either pocket, the otherpocket and the portions of the strands between the pockets will be aboveand toward the outside of the loop when a portion of the short fringe isturned toward the inside of the loop with the pockets right side up withrespect to the loop.

2. A mop head as described in claim 1, having a first piece of tapetraversing successively the front surface and the rear surface, andoverlapping itself on the front surface to form the first pocket, and asecond piece of tape overlying the rst across the rear surface to formthe second pocket, said iirst tape being secured by rows of stitchingpassing through all three layers of the tape and the strands, and saidsecond tape being secured by rows of stitching passing through thesecond tape, all three layers of the first tape, and the strands.

3. In combination with a mop having a mop head supporting frame in theform of a rigid loop having one free end: a reversible mop headcomprising a plurality of mop strands arranged side by side to form aband having a front Surface and a rear surface, two Supcrposed layers oftape attached across said front surface along a line offset from thecenters of the strands so as to leave a short fringe on one side of thetape and a longer fringe on the other, said layers forming between thema iirst pocket for receiving the loop, and two additional layers of tapeattached across the rear surface of the band, the latter layers formingbetween them a second pocket for receiving the loop, each of saidpockets having an open end for .admitting the loop and a closed end, andSaid open ends being disposed at opposite ends of the band, the loopbeing received in one pocket, the Short fringe hanging downward insidethe longer fringe and lying entirely below the loop, both pockets beingupside down with respect to the loop, and the empty pocket, along withthe portions of the strands between the pockets, being on the outside ofthe loop.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,105,533 Pollock July 28, 1914 1,850,046 Anderson Mar. 15, 19321,886,338 Hirth Nov. 1, 1932 2,151,425 Gregory Mar. 2l, 1939 2,194,214Arioli Mar. 19, 1946

